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...HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY... by Van Morrison (1973)
---------------------------................
...........................................
*HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY*
-----------------------
>1. SNOW IN SAN ANSELMO
>2. WARM LOVE
>3. HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY
>4. WILD CHILDREN
>5. THE GREAT DECEPTION
>6. BEIN' GREEN
>7. AUTUMN SONG
>8. PURPLE HEATHER
...........................................
1...SNOW IN SAN ANSELMO... by Van Morrison
--------------------------................
*from 'Hard Nose the Highway' (1973)*
Intro:
Em
Verse 1:
AmGFAmGF
Snow in San An-selmo, the deer cross by the lights.
AmGF
The mission down in Old San Rafael;
DmFDmF
A madman looking for a fight, a madman looking for a fight.
Verse 2:
AmGFAmGF
The massage parlour's open; the clientele come and they go.
AmGF
The classic music station;
DmF
Plays in the background soft and low,
DmF
Plays in the background soft and low.
Break:
AmCGBbAmGF (x2), Am
Verse 3:
AmGFAmGF
The silence 'round the cascades; the ice crisp and clear.
AmGF
The be-ginning of the opera;
DmFDmF
Seem to suddenly ap-pear, seem to suddenly ap-pear.
Verse 4:
AmGFAmGF
The pancake house is always crowded; open 24 hours of every day.
AmGF
And if you suffer from in-somnia;
DmFDmF
You can speed your time a-way, you can speed your time a-way.
Verse 5:
AmGF
Snow in San An-selmo,
AmGF
My waitress, my waitress, my waitress said it was coming down.
AmGF
Said it hadn't happened in over 30 years;
DmFDmF
But it was laying on the ground, it was laying on the ground.
Break:
AmCGBbAmGF (x2), Am
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
EmAmGFDmCBb
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022000 x02210 320003 133211 xx0231 x32010 x13331
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
2...WARM LOVE... by Van Morrison
----------------................
*from 'Hard Nose the Highway' (1973)*
Verse 1:
D
e|----2-0-----0-2-0----|--0----0--2--------|
B|---------3--------3--|-----3-------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|--0------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|----------------0--|
E|---------------------|-------------------|
(with Above Riff):
D
Look at the ivy on the cold clinging wall,
D
e|----2-0-----0-2-0----|--0----------------|
B|---------3--------3--|-----3-0-3---------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|--0------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|----------------0--|
E|---------------------|-------------------|
(with Above Riff):
D
Look at the flowers and the green grass so tall.
D
e|----2-0-----0-2-0----|--0----0--2--------|
B|---------3--------3--|-----3-------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|--0------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|----------------0--|
E|---------------------|-------------------|
(with Above Riff):
D
It's not a matter of when push comes to shove,
D
e|----2-0-----0-2-0----|--0-----0--2--0--2--|
B|---------3--------3--|-----3--0--3--0--3--|
G|---------------------|--------------------|
D|--0------------------|--------------------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|
(with Above Riff):
D
It's just an hour on the wings of a dove.
Chorus 1:
GDGD
It's just warm love,
GDGD
It's just warm love.
Verse 2:
D
e|--2-0--2-0----0----|--0-2-0--0h2--|
B|--3-0--3-0--3-0-3--|--0-3-0--0h3--|
G|------------2-0-2--|--------------|
D|-------------------|--------------|
A|-------------------|--------------|
E|-------------------|--------------|
(with Above Riff):
D
I dig it when you're fancy dressed up in lace,
D
e|--2-0--2-0--2-0-2--|--0-2-----2--|
B|--3-0--3-0--3-0-3--|--0-3--0--3--|
G|----0---------0----|-------0--2--|
D|-------------------|-------------|
A|-------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------|-------------|
(with Above Riff):
D
I dig it when you have a smile on your face.
D
e|--2-0--2-0--2--0-----|--0----0--0h2--|
B|--3-0--3-0--3--0--3--|--0-3--0--0h3--|
G|---------0--2-----2--|----2----------|
D|---------------------|---------------|
A|---------------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|---------------|
(with Above Riff):
D
This inspiration's got to be on the flow,
D
e|--2-0-2-0-2-0-----|-----------0--2--|
B|--3-0-3-0-3-0--3--|--0-3-0-3--0--3--|
G|--2------------2--|--0-2-0-2--0--2--|
D|------------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|
(with Above Riff):
D
This invitation's got to see it and know;
Chorus 2:
GDGD
It's just warm love,
GDGD
It's just warm love.
Bridge 1:
Em
And it's ever present everywhere,
D
And it's ever present everywhere; that warm love.
Em
And it's ever present everywhere,
D
And it's ever present everywhere; that warm love.
Middle 8:
ABmAD
To the coun-try, I'm going;
ABmAD
Lay and laugh in the sun.
ABmABmF#m
You can bring your gui-tar a-long,
BmF#mA
We'll sing some songs, we'll have some fun.
Verse 3: (with Verse Riffs)
D
The sky is crying and it's time to go home,
And we shall hurry to the car from the foam.
Sit by the fire and dry out our wet clothes,
It's raining outside from the skies up above.
Chorus 3:
GDGD
Inside it's warm love,
GDGD
Inside it's warm love.
Bridge 2:
Em
And it's ever present everywhere,
D
And it's ever present everywhere; that warm love.
Em
And it's ever present everywhere, and it's ever present everywhere;
D
That warm love, that warm love, that warm love.
D
e|-----2-0---0-2-0----|--0--2----------|
B|---------3-------3--|--0--3--0--3----|
G|--------------------|--------0--2----|
D|--0-----------------|-----------0----|
A|--------------------|-----------0----|
E|--------------------|----------------|
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
DGEmABmF#m
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 320003 022000 x02220 x24432 244222
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
3...HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY... by Van Morrison
----------------------------................
*from 'Hard Nose the Highway' (1973)*
Intro:
D
e|--2-3-2-0-2--|--2-3-2-0-2--|--2-3-2-0-2--|--3-2--|
B|--3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3--|
G|--2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2--|--2-3-2-0-2--|--3-2--|
D|--0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0--|--0-0--|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------|
Verse 1:
GF#mEmD
Hey kids, dig the first takes,
GF#mEmD
Ain't that some interpre-tation?
GF#mDBm
When Sinatra sings, against Nelson Riddle strings,
GAD
Then takes a va-cation.
Chorus 1:
GDGD
Seen some hard times, drawn some bad lines.
GA (n.C) GG/F# EmD
No time for shoe-shines... hard nose the highway.
Verse 2:
GF#mEmD
I was tore down, at the dead's place,
GF#mEmD
Shaved head at the organ.
GF#mDBm
But that wasn't half as bad as it was, oh no,
GAD
Belfast and Boston.
Chorus 2:
GDGD
Seen some hard times, drawn some bad lines.
GA (n.C) GG/F# EmD
No time for shoe-shines... hard nose the highway.
Solo:
GF#mEmD (x3), Bm, GAD
Verse 3:
GF#mEmD
Put your money where your mouth is,
GF#mEmD
Then we can get something going.
GF#mDBm
In order to win, you must be prepared to lose some-time,
GAD
And leave one or two cards showing.
Chorus 3:
GDGD
Seen some hard times, drawn some bad lines.
GA (n.C) GG/F# EmD
No time for shoe-shines... hard nose the highway.
GDGD
Seen some hard times, drawn some bad lines.
GA (n.C) GG/F# EmD
No time for shoe-shines... hard nose the highway.
Outro:
D, GG/F#EmD
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
DGF#mEmBmAG/F#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 320003 244222 022000 x24432 x02220 200033
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
4...WILD CHILDREN... by Van Morrison
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*from 'Hard Nose the Highway' (1973)*
Intro:
Dmaj7G
Verse 1:
Dmaj7GDmaj7G
We were the war children; Nineteen Forty Five.
Dmaj7Bm7
When all the soldiers came marching home from war;
Em7A7GDmaj7
Love looks in their eye, in their eye.
Verse 2:
GDmaj7GDmaj7
Tennessee Williams; let your inspi-ration flow.
GDmaj7Bm7
Let it be around, when we hear the sound,
Em7A7GDmaj7
When the spring time rivers flow, when the rivers flow.
Verse 3:
GDmaj7
Rod steiger and Marlon Brando,
GDmaj7
Standing with their heads bowed on the side.
GDmaj7Bm
Crying like a baby, thinking about the time,
Em7A7GDmaj7
James Dean took that fatal ride, took that ride.
Interlude:
Bmaj7F#maj7 (x3), G#m7C#7, Bmaj7F#maj7
Verse 4:
GDmaj7GDmaj7
Tennessee Williams; let your inspi-ration flow.
GDmaj7Bm7
Let it be around, when we hear the sound,
Em7A7GDmaj7
When the spring time rivers flow, when the rivers flow.
Verse 5:
GDmaj7
Rod steiger and Marlon Brando,
GDmaj7
Standing with their heads bowed on the side.
GDmaj7Bm
Crying like a baby, thinking about the time,
Em7A7GDmaj7
James Dean took that fatal ride, took that ride.
Verse 6:
Dmaj7GDmaj7G
We were the war children; Nineteen Forty Five.
Dmaj7Bm7
When all the soldiers came marching home from war;
Em7A7GDmaj7
Love looks in their eye, in their eye.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Dmaj7GBm7Em7A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0222 320003 x24232 022030 x02223
Bmaj7F#maj7G#m7C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24342 2x332x 464444 x46464
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
5...THE GREAT DECEPTION... by Van Morrison
--------------------------................
*from 'Hard Nose the Highway' (1973)*
Intro:
G
Verse 1:
EmDC
Did you ever hear a-bout The Great De-ception?
GEm
Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run.
GEmDC
Have you ever been down to Love City?
EmDG
Where they rip you off with a smile, and it don't take a gun.
Verse 2:
GEmCD
Don't it hurt so bad in Love city?
GEm
Don't it make you not want to bother at all?
GEmDC
And don't they look so self righteous,
EmDG
When they pin you up a-gainst the wall?
Chorus 1:
DC
Did you ever, ever see the people,
BmC
With the tear drops in their eyes?
DC
I just can't stand it, stand it no how,
BmG (n.C)
Living in this world of lies.
Verse 3:
EmDC
Did you ever hear a-bout the Rock and Roll singers?
GEm
Got three or four Cadil-lacs.
GEmDC
Saying power to the people, dance to the music;
EmDG
Wants you to pat him on the back.
Verse 4:
EmDC
Have you ever heard a-bout the great Rembrandt?
GEm
Have you ever heard a-bout how he could paint?
GEmDC
And he didn't have e-nough money for his brushes;
EmDG
And they thought it was rather quaint.
Chorus 2:
DC
But you know it's no use re-peating,
BmC
And you know it's no use to think about it.
DCG (n.C)
'Cos when you stop to think a-bout it; you don't need it.
Verse 5:
EmDC
Have you ever heard a-bout the great Hollywood motion picture actor,
GEm
Who knew more than they did?
GEmDC
And the newspapers didn't cover the story;
EmDG
Just decided to keep it hid.
Verse 6:
EmDC
Somebody started saying it was an inside job;
GEm
Whatever happened to him?
GEmDC
Last time they saw him, down on the bow'ry;
EmDG
With his lip hanging off an old rusty bottle of gin.
Verse 7:
EmDC
Have you ever heard a-bout the so-called Hippies?
GEm
Down on the far side of the tracks.
GEmDC
They take the eyeballs straight out of your head,
EmDG
Say son, kid, do you want your eyeballs back?
Chorus 3:
DC
Did you ever, ever see the people,
BmC
With the tear drops in their eyes?
DC
I just can't stand it, stand it no how,
BmG (n.C)
Living in this world of lies.
Verse 8:
EmDC
Did you ever hear a-bout The Great De-ception?
GEm
Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run.
GEmDC
Have you ever been down to Love City?
EmDG
Where they rip you off with a smile, and it don't take a gun.
Outro:
EmDEm
Have you ever heard about... The Great Deception.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
GEmDCBm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 022000 xx0232 x32010 x24432
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
6...BEIN' GREEN... by Van Morrison
------------------................
*from 'Hard Nose the Highway' (1973)*
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: E)
Intro:
DDaugEm7A7Aaug
Verse 1:
DC#m7
It's not easy bein' green,
DB7
Having to spend each day the colour of the leaves.
Em7
When it could be nicer bein' red, or yellow, or gold,
A7DEm7A7
Or something much more colour-ful like that.
Verse 2:
AaugDC#m7
It's not easy bein' green,
DB7
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things.
Em7A7
And people tend to pass you by 'cos you're not standing out,
DD7
Like sparkles on the water, or stars in the sky.
Bridge 1:
Gmaj7
But green is the colour of spring,
DD7
And green can be cool and friendly like.
B7E7
And green can be big like an ocean,
EmA7 (n.C)
Or important like a mountain, or tall like a tree.
Verse 3:
AaugDC#m7
When green is all there is to be,
DB7
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder, why wonder?
Em7A7DDaugEm7A7
I am green and it'll do fine, and it's what I want to be.
Solo:
AaugDC#m7, DB7, Em7A7, DD7
Bridge 2:
Gmaj7
But green is the colour of spring,
DD7
And green can be cool and friendly like.
B7E7
And green can be big like an ocean,
EmA7 (n.C)
Or important like a mountain, or tall like a tree.
Verse 4:
AaugDC#m7
When green is all there is to be,
DB7
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder, why wonder?
Em7A7DDaugEm7A7
I am green and it'll do fine, and it's what I want to be.
Coda:
Em7A7A7DB7
I am green and it'll do fine, and it's what I want to be.
Em7A7 (n.C)
I am green and it'll do fine, it'll do fine, and it's...
I don't wanna be blue, I just wanna be what I wanna be.
Outro:
DDaugD7
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
DDaugEm7A7AaugC#m7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 xx0332 022030 x02223 xxx221 x46454
B7D7Gmaj7E7Em
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x21202 xx0212 3x443x 020100 022000
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
7...AUTUMN SONG... by Van Morrison
------------------................
*from 'Hard Nose the Highway' (1973)*
Intro:
Amaj7Bm7 (x2)
Verse 1:
Amaj7Bm7F#7
Leaves of brown, they fall to the ground,
F7G7G#7Amaj7
And it's here, over there; leaves a-bound.
Amaj7Bm7F#7
Shut the door, dim the lights, and relax.
F7G7G#7Amaj7
What is more; your de-sire, or the facts?
Chorus 1:
D
Pitter patter, the rain falling down,
Little glamour, sun coming round.
(Amaj7)
Take a walk when Autumn comes to town.
Interlude:
Amaj7Bm7 (x2)
Verse 2:
Amaj7Bm7F#7
Little stroll past the house, on the hill.
F7G7G#7Amaj7
Some more coal on the fire, will do well.
Amaj7Bm7F#7
And in a week or two, it'll be Halloween.
F7G7G#7Amaj7
Set the page and the stage, for the scene.
Chorus 2:
D
Little game the children will play,
And as we watch them, while time away.
(Amaj7)
Look at me and take my breath a-way, yeah.
Interlude:
Amaj7Bm7 (x2)
Bridge 1:
CFCF
You'll be smiling, eyes be-guiling,
CFDm7G7
And the song on the breeze will call my name out,
Amaj7
And your... dream.
Verse 3:
Amaj7Bm7F#7
Chestnuts roasting, out-side,
F7G7G#7Amaj7
As you walk, with your love, by your side.
Amaj7Bm7F#7
The old accordion man plays, mellow and bright.
F7G7G#7Amaj7
And you go home, in the crispness, of the night.
Chorus 3:
D
Little later, friends will be along,
And if you feel like joining the throng,
(Amaj7)
Just might feel like singing Autumn Song.
Interlude:
Amaj7Bm7 (x2)
Solo:
Amaj7Bm7, F#7F7G7G#7, Amaj7 (x2), D
Interlude:
Amaj7Bm7 (x2)
Bridge 2:
CFCF
You'll be smiling, eyes be-guiling,
CFDm7G7
And the song on the breeze will call my name out,
Amaj7
And your... dream.
Verse 4:
Amaj7Bm7F#7
Chestnuts roasting, out-side,
F7G7G#7Amaj7
As you walk, with your love, by your side.
Amaj7Bm7F#7
The old accordion man plays, mellow and bright.
F7G7G#7Amaj7
And you go home, in the crispness, of the night.
Chorus 4:
D
Little later, friends will be along,
And if you feel like joining the throng,
(Amaj7)
Just might feel like singing Autumn Song.
Outro:
Amaj7Bm7
(Repeat with Solos and Improvs to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Amaj7Bm7F#7F7G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02120 x24232 242322 131211 353433
G#7DCFDm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
464544 xx0232 x32010 133211 xx0221
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
8...PURPLE HEATHER... by Van Morrison
---------------------................
*from 'Hard Nose the Highway' (1973)*
Intro:
G, C (x4)
Verse 1:
GCGCG
Well the summertime, has gone, and the leaves are gently tur-nin'.
CGAmC
And my love I wanna take you, to the place, heart-a-yearnin'.
GCG
Will you go, lassie go?
Chorus 1:
CGCG
And we'll all go to-gether, in the wild mountain thyme.
AmC
All around the blooming heather.
GCG
Will you go?
Verse 2:
GGCG
And I will build my love a tower, at the foot of yonder mountain.
CGAmC
And visit by the hour, from a lonely wooden tower.
GCG
Will you go, lassie go?
Chorus 2:
CGCG
And we'll all go to-gether, in the wild mountain thyme.
AmC
All around the blooming heather.
GCG
Come on.
Interlude:
G, C, GC, G
Piano Solo:
CG (x2), AmC, GCG
Interlude:
GC, G
Verse 3:
GGCG
And I will build my love a tower, at the foot of yonder mountain.
CGAmC
And visit by the hour, from a lonely wooden tower.
GCG
Will you go, lassie go?
Chorus 3:
CGCG
And we'll all go to-gether, in the wild mountain thyme.
AmC
All around the blooming heather.
GCG
Will you go,
GCGC
Lassie go; will you go?
Outro:
GC
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
GCAm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x32010 x02210
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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